OSHA Inspection: SOCIOS ATLANTA CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents:  a)  At 8764 Rand Ave., Belforest Apartments Bldg. 4, Daphne, Alabama:  On or about April 30, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to operate pneumatic nail guns without eye protection while performing siding activities exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Abate by

Aug 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a)  At 8764 Rand Ave., Belforest Apartments Bldg. 1, Daphne, Alabama:  On or about April 30, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities from aerial lifts without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 20 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated:  a)  At 8764 Rand Ave., Belforest Apartments Bldg. 4, Daphne, Alabama:  On or about April 30, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities from inside an elevated aerial lift basket without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  up to 11.4 feet to the ground below.